Marchant Chest Tomb and Railings About 19 Metres North of the Church Porch, West Side of the Path is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Chest tomb.
Marchant Chest Tomb and Railings About 19 Metres North of the Church Porch, West Side of the Path
- WRENN ID
- fallen-buttress-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 679 417
- Coordinates
- 51.15024, 0.40013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Marchant chest tomb and railings, located about 19 meters north of the church porch on the west side of the path, date from the early 19th century. Made of Portland stone, the chest tomb features a coped lid that overhangs, with rounded, bead-moulded corner pilasters set on a bead-moulded plinth resting on two steps. The long sides of the tomb have rectangular inscription panels framed with reeding, while the ends display oval panels. The inscriptions honor Mr. Bold Marchant, who died in 1814, along with his wife and daughters. Surrounding the tomb are original cast iron railings, which have square-section verticals topped with spear finials. The principal standards are columnar and capped with urn finials, and there is a gate at the west end. This monument is very complete and is situated in an outstanding churchyard.
Local climate
Marchant Chest Tomb and Railings About 19 Metres North of the Church Porch, West Side of the Path receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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